| Our Tables vs. Cheap Imports When considering the purchase of a fine piece of furniture like a pool table, two factors should weigh heavily on your decision: price and quality. Simply put, you're probably looking for the highest quality pool table at the lowest possible price. At Dallas Game Rooms, delivering on this goal is our mission. Remember: all of our products are designed, engineered and built to the strictest quality standards in the industry. We take great pride in offering you an heirloom item that will play as true 20 years from now as it does the day we install it in your home. You can find cheaper pool tables on the Internet but you definitely won't find a better table. Remember cost is only one component of your buying decision. Quality, warranty, craftsmanship, and design are important factors as well. Dallas Game Room Tables |  | Cheap Imported Pool Tables | 23 years of manufacturing experience
Frame constructed in America
American quality
American lifetime warranty
Mortised joints
No metal brackets
Professional installation guaranteed | | Most companies in business less than 1 year
No professional installation
Completely unassembled
Made in China
No Warranty
Bracketed joints | Unassembled Contents: | 4 Legs
4 Cabinet Pieces
4 Support Rails
6 Rails
11 Pine 2x4s | | 4 Triangle corner steel corners
6 End brackets
2 Mid brackets
4 Steel angle irons
22 large washers
22 small washers
132 screws and small bolts
19 Serrated washers
19 large bolts
4 nuts
12 large screws
4 very large washers |
Frame ConstructionOur frame construction is unsurpassed. We utilize center beams to keep the cabinet square and true forever. These cross-laminated beams are contiguous end-to-end, interlocking the two cross members. This method of construction prevents warping, twisting, and the collapsibility of the pool table. These beams are mortised (cut into the cabinet wall), glued and screwed through the other side. The center beam adds more weight to the table; the heavier the table, the longer it will stay level and "truer" it will play.
Cheap construction utilizes one center beam sectioned (not solid end-to-end) and metal-bracketed together. There is no interlocking strength and support. These beams are metal-bracketed to the walls of the frame (not mortised). These brackets have a tendency to bend, causing the frame to twist. The inferior wood used to construct these tables is not cured to the same levels of tolerance, causing splitting and cracking. These replacement parts are impossible to get. Slate FoundationOur slate bed is the highest-quality slate foundation available in billiards today. Its smooth one-piece seamless design is milled to 1/5000 of an inch for levelness and straightness. Cheap tables, by contrast, are constructed in one of two ways. Most cheap tables have no slate bed at all (saving cost at the expense of quality by eliminating internal structure), instead laying the slate directly on the four-sided frame or cabinet. Alternatively, if a cheap pool table has a slate bed, it is built with sections of wood laid on top of the frame. When there are temperature and moisture changes in the environment, these sections of wood expand and contract. The movement of this wood causes the slate to move or lift over time and become unleveled. This price-cutting move actually costs more in the long run in the form of repeated service. Leg ConstructionWe start out by mortising (recessing) the cabinet walls to accept our two-inch solid wood anchors. Blocks are then glued and bonded into place. Our two-inch mitered and tapered solid wood gusset plate is then glued and secured to the anchor blocks, locking the corners into place and preventing the table from racking and shifting. In cheap import tables, the cabinet is not mortised or recessed and the legs are either secured by metal brackets or wood pieces simply screwed into the legs and frame. Rails and CushionsOur precision rail tolerances and 100% natural gum cushions deliver professional rebound accuracy. The cushions on our table are precisely aligned with the rail profile. The back of the cushion has a relief cut to prevent abnormal ball acceleration or deflection. The two-piece dissimilar wood construction creates a solid one-piece billiard rail that eliminates splitting or cracking. The interlocking blinds are dadoed and permanently bounded to the table rails, completing the custom furniture build. This dramatically increases the table's durability and overall appearance. Our rails are constructed to perfect tournament standards as specified by the Billiard Congress of America (BCA). The lifetime warranty on our rails ensures replacement in the very unlikely event that the rubber becomes too hard, too soft or separates from the wood.
Cheap tables, on the other hand, have stabilizers and fillers added to the rubber cushions (100% natural gum cushions are more expensive). Adding stabilizers and fillers to rubber causes a change in the chemical composition. As a result, the rubber becomes either cement-like or too soft and spongy. In either case, there is improper action on the cushion, thus resulting in poor playability. The eventual outcome: an increase in customer service calls to replace bumpers. |
